Posted on 07/02/2009 8:20:16 PM PDT by dangus
Instead of complaining about it, why don't you help to do something about it?
Wanted, candidate to run statewide in CA
Qualifications:
1)Walk on water
2)Pure as the wind driven snow
The politics of Oregon has similar demographics to the state of Washington. A large marjority of the state geographically is conservative, unfortunately, those areas are sparsely populated. Those liberal areas west of the "Cascade Wall" dominate state-wide politics.
Yep
However, by the same token, it is wrong to say that the prolife position HURTS a politician -— that only happens if the candidate can be painted as “single issue” and not up to speed, on other issues.
You are pretty much dead on with most of that.
I would augment the last part by including a politician who puts an emphasis on opposing abortion at all in a pro-abortion state like California.
Voters don’t care if it isn’t made an issue, however, there is one thing you’re overlooking, at least with Feinstein and Boxer’s campaigns here in California: THEY make it an issue. Every time. It is their main issue in every election. Usually their ONLY issue. Every ad (and they run them statewide) focuses on their support for abortion, and they always prominently attack the Republican for opposing it. And they win every election. their opponents never get off the ground floor here.
I really don’t think either Boxer or Feinstein can be defeated unless the GOP runs a pro-choice candidate. Not so much because it’s a winning issue here (though it is) but because Feinstein and Boxer in particular wouldn’t have anything to run on if they didn’t have the “my opponent is a scary Republican who will take away your right to an abortion” card to play. Instead their actual records would get some scrutiny, and they would suddenly become very vulnerable.
Which is what happened over this last legislative session. The Dems royally P.O.ed people with their tax raises and attempts and turning their yes votes into no votes, and vice versa.
A name to watch for 2010 in OR: Jason Atkinson.
In Arkansas the most prominent GOP candidate, an elderly State Senator called Chuckie Shoe-mer “that jew”.
One of the senators, on that list, is Roland Burris, of Illinois. I hope that Rep. Mark Kirk, my congressman, will run for the U.S. Senate and lose the primary. State Rep. Elizabeth Coulson should run for Kirk’s seat.
I hope Kirk runs in the Chicago Marathon and falls in a big pile of mud.
2010 in the Senate will boil down to this:
How many democratic senators that are up for re-election will be tied to the hip of Fauxbama. Trust me, if enough of them are, the Senate could swing. Will it happen? I don’t know, senator’s know how to look after their own skin, I think you are going to see more and more of them break with Fauxbama in the coming months and you will be looking at effectively a lame duck presidency before the 2010 elections even occur.
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